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Full name: Xufen Wu
Education:
09/2006-03/2010
: Ph.D. in Astronomy, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. Thesis topic: Galactic Dynamics in MOdified Newtonian Dynamics, supervisor: Dr. HongSheng Zhao.09/2001-09/2005:
B.Sc. in Astrophysics, Department of Astronomy and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. Thesis topic: Cosmological Evolution of Fine Structure Constant, supervisor: Prof. Shouping Xiang.Positions:
04/2018-now:
Associate Professor in Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China11/2014-03/2018: Associate Researcher in Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China
11/2011-12/2013: Alexander von Humboldt postdoc fellowship in Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie der Universitaet Bonn
06/2010-10/2011: Postdoc fellowship in Max-Planck-Insitut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
Grants and Research Projects:
01/2021-12/2024:
NSFC research grant01/2019-12/2021: USTC start-up research grant
07/2017-06/2019: Anhui Natural Science Foundation grant
01/2016-12/2018: Hundred Talents Project of Anhui Province
01/2016-12/2018: Youth fund, supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China grants.
01/2015-12/2016: Youth innovation fund, supported by ``the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities''.
11/2011-12/2013: Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellowship.
02/2009-04/2009: HPC-Europa2 (High Performance Computing and Visualization) funded Transnational Access programme, of SARA Computing and Networking Services in Netherlands
09/2006-08/2009: SUPA (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance) prize studentship for PhD.
Teaching in USTC:
2020, 2021
: Thermal Physics (B) for CS/mathematics students;Spring 2019, 2020, 2021: Thermal Physics (A) for physics students;
Research Interests:
Galactic dynamics, MOdified Newtonian Dynamics, Cold Dark Matter, Numerical Simulations - method of Schwarzschild and N-bodyNewsletter interview: HPC-Europa2 newsletter, on the project funded by HPC SARA, the Netherlands: HPC-Europa2 newsletter Vol9
Reviewer Experiences:
International journals
: The Astrophysical Journal; Physics Letters B; Modern Physics Letters A; The Open Astronomy Journal; Astrophysics and Space Science; New Astronomy; GalaxiesChinese journal(s)
: Progress in Astronomy
The full publications list is at : My publications ORCID ID